He was killed in battle at Ypres in 1917. While Young worked in a munitions factory during World War I, her husband, despite being over the official age limit, enlisted for active service.

Most of her novels examine interpersonal relationships, including marriage, as governed by the strict behavior and class divisions of the time.Ī period of professional success was followed by personal tragedy. Young published the first of her 13 books, A Corn of Wheat, in 1910, under the name E.H. Bristol and nearby Clifton, renamed Radstowe and Upper Radstowe, served as settings for many of her novels. Daniell in 1902, she moved to Bristol, where her husband was a solicitor. Selected writings:Ī Corn of Wheat (1910) Yonder (1912) Moon Fires (1916) The Bridge Dividing (1922, reprinted as The Misses Mallett, 1927) William (1925) Miss Mole (1930) Jenny Wren (1932) The Curate's Wife (1934) Caravan Island (for children, 1940) River Holiday (for children, 1942) Chatterton Square (1947).īorn in 1880 to Frances Jane Young and William Michael Young, a Northumberland shipowner, Emily Hilda Young graduated from Gateshead High School and then Penrhos College, a women's boarding school at Colwyn Bay in North Wales. Born Emily Hilda Young in 1880 in Northumberland, England died in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, on Augdaughter of William Michael Young (a shipowner) and Frances Jane Young educated at Gateshead High School and Penrhos College married J.A.H.

Chatterton Square by E.H. Young